T.J. Renninger finished in fifth place at 132 pounds at the District 3-AA meet. (SEAN SIMMERS, The Patriot-News)

Last wrestlers standingThere were 19 wrestlers from Lebanon County in last week's District 3 Meet, but only Northern Lebanon's Ryan Daub and Annville-Cleona's T.J. Renninger made it deep enough into their respective brackets to advance.

Daub finished in fourth place in the AA 170-pound competition to make it to the Southeast Regionals. The senior won in the quarterfinals with a tech fall over Jay Bennett of Susquenita, 20-5 in 4:33. After a loss to Bermudian Springs' Tristan Sponseller in the semifinals, Daub defeated Joseph Waach of Schuylkill Valley 5-3 to clinch a spot in the regional and move his record to 35-8 this season.

In the regional, which begins on Friday at Wilson, Daub will open with a match against Michael Balliet of Lehighton. If he wins, Daub will have a rematch with Sponseller in the quarterfinals.

Renninger, meanwhile, ultimately needed to win his 132 fifth-place match against Wyomissing's Caleb Naylor to make it to regionals. But he took the drama out of that in a hurry with a 16-1 tech fall victory.

Earlier in districts, Renninger won a quarterfinal by pin in 3:05 against Toby Barnhart of Eastern York. Two straight losses set up the must-win fifth-place match.

Renninger, at 34-8 this season, will face Paul Sloand of Saucon Valley in the first round of regionals. A win would move Renninger into a quarterfinal match with Pottstown's Trenton Clifford.

In AAA, a third-place finish was needed to advance straight into the state meet, since the District 3 Meet serves as a regional for AAA. So neither Ben Martin's fourth place finish in 220 for Palmyra nor Dylan Hickernell's fifth place finish in 182 for Elco were enough to extend their seasons.

Tough way outThe Palmyra boys' basketball team had a tough ending to their season, dropping back-to-back overtime decisions in the District 3-AAA tournament to fall just short of the state playoffs. After falling to York Suburban 68-65 in overtime in Friday's quarterfinals, the Cougars (14-12) lost 65-58 to Northeastern in overtime in Monday's consolation round.

Reserves kept the Cougars in the Northeastern game. Brandon Petrouskie had 16 points and 15 rebounds off the bench, both team highs. Chris Lynn also came in and scored 11 points in the first half.

Although they came up short of states, head coach Pete Conrad put it all in perspective after the consolation loss.